Thursday, 31 July 2014

JARVIS for real?

"Jarvis fire up my browser."
"Sure sir. Firefox or Chrome?"
"I guess chrome."
And magically your browser pops up on your desktop. sounds cool, doesn't it?
How Robert Downey Jr. managed it is a big secret but it is turning quickly into reality.
Basavraj  Salimath, a India based programmer has started to realise his dream. His patented algorithm has been made into a program that blows away. Out of the 150 testers none returned with negative reviews, a first for any software. The software is based on a voice recognition pattern that authenticates the user. For the first time in history has voice recognition been used for a commercial software authentication purposes. No matter how hard you try, the voice recognition does not fail.
Bill Gates, the executive director of Microsoft, has showed interest in buying the software for proprietary use in the Windows Phone and Windows OS. The offer stood at 900 million dollars. Mr. Salimath refused the offer. "Its like I have a family member now. I can't sell the software. And selling it would take me out of development and Jarvis would not be what I want it to be. that's a thing I'm not willing to do," he said in an interview with Los Angeles Times when he was on a tour of the US.
Salimath has already proved himself before. He was awarded with a honorary doctorate in core mathematics by the Stanford University last year. He is regarded as one of the top mathematicians by the scientific community. Last year at the Fall opening he was awarded the doctorate for his contribution to mathematics. His formula could potentially change the mathematical world.
He currently is funded by US department of defense, Stanford University and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. His funds are in excess of 20 million dollars.
He plans to put up his own servers and storage in India. He said that he was planning to take the voice recog online. His current estimates are at 3 times the current funding. When asked about the sudden shift from mathematics into computers he said, "Computer education is a joke in India. I once shifted a school in the 9th grade. The first computer class and I was excited. when I finally entered the class, I found old CRT displays with a Pentium 3 processor and Windows 98 OS strapped to them. And we were  taught HTML. It's worse than a joke. Mathematics was never a focus. It was just a launchpad for computers."
He is also a student at the Falcon Aviation Academy where he is pursuing his pilot's license. He also said that he is in the process of writing a book about his adventures in life. And judging by the look of things there haven't been less than a few.
Recently Richard Branson, the billionaire and owner of the Virgin group, invited him for a meeting in London. He is interested in using the software for the onboard AVOD entertainment systems aboard his fleet of the A380 aircraft. "Mr. Branson was a great guy," says Salimath. "His ideas are truly appreciable. It is no secret why Virgin airways rules the skies. I'll try and get with the Airbus engineering department and we could make it possible."
There is just one other contributor to the program who handles the investments and PR departments. "She is a great co-worker and an even better friend," was all he said about the contributor who chose o remain anonymous.
He plans to continue further studies in UCLA or Stanford after completing high school in India.
The launch date is uncertain but Salimath says he will have it ready by the end of the year.